NR605/NR 605 Final Exam Questions with Verified Answers
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Question 1: Which Brain Structures Store Trauma?
Answer: Amygdala: plays a central role in storing and processing trauma. It encodes emotional
memories and can become hyperactive in individuals with PTSD, leading to heightened fear and
stress response -Hippocampus: helps contextualize memories, may shrink or function abnormally
in trauma survivors, causing difficulty distinguishing past trauma from present safety
Question 2: How Does Trauma Affect the Resiliency Zone?
Answer: trauma can push individuals out of their "Resiliency Zone", leading to hyperarousal
(anxiety, panic), or (numbness, dissociation) -TRM aims to restore balance within Resiliency
Zone
Question 3: What brain structures are involved/targeted with EMDR?
Answer: Amygdala: processes emotions, including fear and trauma -Hippocampus: involved in
memory formation and distinguishing past from present -Prefrontal Cortex: helps regulate
emotions and rational thought
Question 4: How Trauma Impacts Different Types of Memory
Answer: Implicit Memory: trauma can create intense emotional and bodily responses that bypass
conscious thought -Explicit Memory: trauma may disrupt the ability to recall events in a
coherent, chronological manner -Fragmented Memory: memories may be stored in disconnected
fragments (sensations, emotions) rather than cohesive narratives
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(Correct Update)
Question 1: Which Brain Structures Store Trauma?
Answer: Amygdala: plays a central role in storing and processing trauma. It encodes emotional
memories and can become hyperactive in individuals with PTSD, leading to heightened fear and
stress response -Hippocampus: helps contextualize memories, may shrink or function abnormally
in trauma survivors, causing difficulty distinguishing past trauma from present safety
Question 2: How Does Trauma Affect the Resiliency Zone?
Answer: trauma can push individuals out of their "Resiliency Zone", leading to hyperarousal
(anxiety, panic), or (numbness, dissociation) -TRM aims to restore balance within Resiliency
Zone
Question 3: What brain structures are involved/targeted with EMDR?
Answer: Amygdala: processes emotions, including fear and trauma -Hippocampus: involved in
memory formation and distinguishing past from present -Prefrontal Cortex: helps regulate
emotions and rational thought
Question 4: How Trauma Impacts Different Types of Memory
Answer: Implicit Memory: trauma can create intense emotional and bodily responses that bypass
conscious thought -Explicit Memory: trauma may disrupt the ability to recall events in a
coherent, chronological manner -Fragmented Memory: memories may be stored in disconnected
fragments (sensations, emotions) rather than cohesive narratives
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